11. "Sleeping Beauty"

11. "Sleeping Beauty"

Everyday standards receive a new context in writer-director Julia Leigh's challenging, widely misunderstood anti-fairy tale, in which a young woman (Emily Browning) puts herself in unpleasant situations to make ends meet and discovers that everything from money to alcohol to her own body has transformed from the meaning it once had. Chilling, but not without a pulse trying to keep going.

Everyday standards receive a new context in writer-director Julia Leigh's challenging, widely misunderstood anti-fairy tale, in which a young woman (Emily Browning) puts herself in unpleasant situations to make ends meet and discovers that everything from money to alcohol to her own body has transformed from the meaning it once had. Chilling, but not without a pulse trying to keep going.

Everyday standards receive a new context in writer-director Julia Leigh's challenging, widely misunderstood anti-fairy tale, in which a young woman (Emily Browning) puts herself in unpleasant situations to make ends meet and discovers that everything from money to alcohol to her own body has transformed from the meaning it once had. Chilling, but not without a pulse trying to keep going.